Magic number = 162

Great game. I woke up to Joe Blanton finishing his warm-ups and saw a good chunk of the game before heading to work. I thought I had blown it by showering after the Sox took a 3-2 lead. They trailed 4-3 by the time I finished getting ready.

Great job by Manny Ramirez and last-minute replacement Brandon Moss.

Etc.: It was hard to get updates on the radio driving to work this morning. When the A's walked David Ortiz to pitch to Manny in the 10th, I started flipping through the sports stations to hear what happened. WIP came through with a rant about what awful managing and how only Charlie Manuel would do something like that.